Songbook - June and July 2019 |
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Dust In The Wind Kansas (Kerry Livgren, 1977) |
L'important c'est la rose Gilbert Bécaud (Bécaud, Almade, 1967) |
Lost Together Blue Rodeo (Greg Keelor, 1992) |
Mrs. Robinson Simon & Garfunkel (Paul Simon, 1968) |
The Rose Bette Midler (Amanda McBroom, 1980) |
Dust In the Wind
Kansas (Kerry Livgren, 1977)





Fingerpicking Pattern
A |--X--------------X-------|
E |-----------X-------------|
C |--------X-----------X----|
G |--X-----------X----------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Chords for Intro
_____C Cmaj7 Cadd9 C Am Amadd9 Am6 Am
A |--3--|--2--|--5--|--3--||--3--|--2--|--5--|--3--||
E |--0--|--0--|--0--|--0--||--0--|--0--|--0--|--0--||
C |--0--|--0--|--0--|--0--||--0--|--0--|--0--|--0--||
G |--0--|--0--|--0--|--0--||--2--|--2--|--2--|--2--||
Intro
| [C] | [C] | [C] | [C] |
| [Am] | [Am] | [Am] | [Am] |
| [C] | [C] | [C] | [C] |
| [Am] | [Am] | [Am] | [Am] [G↓] |
I [C] close [G] my [Am] eyes [Am] ...
[G] Only for a [Dm] moment and a [Am] moment's gone [Am] ...
[C] All [G] my [Am] dreams [Am] ...
[G] pass before my [Dm] eyes a curi- [Am] osity [Am] ...
Chorus
[D] ...Du...[G] ust in the [Am] wind [Am] ...
[D] All we are is [G] dust in the [Am] wind [Am↓] [G↓]
[C] Same [G] old [Am] song [Am] ...
[G] Just a drop of [Dm] water in the [Am] endless sea [Am] ...
[C] All [G] we [Am] do [Am] ...
[G] crumbles to the [Dm] ground though we re- [Am] fuse to see [Am] ...
Chorus
[D] ...Du...[G] ust in the [Am] wind [Am] ...
[D] All we are is [G] dust in the [Am] wind [Am] ...
Solo (continues from Chorus)
... ... ... ... | [G] | [G] | [Dm] | [Dm] | [Am] | [Am] |
| [Am] | [Am] | [G] | [G] | [Dm] | [Dm] | [Am] | [Am] |
| [Am] | [Am] | [G] | [G] | [Dm] | [Dm] | [Am] | [Am] |
Like Intro
| [C] | [C] | [C] | [C] |
| [Am] | [Am] | [Am] | [Am] |
| [C] | [C] | [C] | [C] |
| [Am] | [Am] | [Am] | [Am] [G↓] |
[C] Don't [G] hang [Am] on [Am] ...
[G] Nothing lasts for- [Dm] ever but the [Am] earth and sky [Am] ...
It [C] slips [G] a- [Am] way [Am] ...
and [G] all your money [Dm] won't another [Am] minute buy [Am] ...
Chorus
[D] ...Du...[G] ust in the [Am] wind [Am] ...
[D] All we are is [G] dust in the [Am] wind [Am] ...
[D] ...Du...[G] ust in the [Am] wind [Am] ...
[D] Everything is [G] dust in the [Am] wind [Am] ... [Am↓]
#Play along with original in this key.
#Last Updated 6/25/19 JJ
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L'important c'est la rose
Gilbert Bécaud (Bécaud, Almade, 1967)










4/4 | d - D u - u d u |
1 2 & & 4 &
Intro
| [C] | [Csus4] [G7] | [C] | [Csus4] [G7] |
Toi qui [C] marches dans le [C7] vent
Seul dans [F] la trop grande [C] ville
Avec [F] le cafard tran- [C] quille du pa- [Bb] ssant [G]
Toi qu'elle [C] a laissé tom- [C7] ber
Pour cou- [F] rir vers d'autres [C] lunes
Pour cou- [F] rir d'autres for- [C] tunes
L'impor- [Bb] tant [G]
Chorus
L'impor- [F] tant c'est la [G] rose
L'impor- [Em] tant c'est la [Am] rose
L'impor- [Dm] tant c'est la [G] rose
Crois- [C] moi [G]
Toi qui [C] cherches quelque ar- [C7] gent
Pour te [F] boucler la se- [C] maine
Dans la [F] ville tu pro- [C] mènes ton ba- [Bb] llant [G]
Casca- [C] deur, soleil cou- [C7] chant
Tu [F] passes devant les [C] banques
Si tu [F] n'es que saltim- [C] banque
L'impor- [Bb] tant [G]
Chorus
L'impor- [F] tant c'est la [G] rose
L'impor- [Em] tant c'est la [Am] rose
L'impor- [Dm] tant c'est la [G] rose
Crois- [C] moi [G]
Toi, pe- [C] tit, que tes pa- [C7] rents
Ont lai- [F] ssé seul sur la [C] terre
Petit [F] oiseau sans lu- [C] mière, sans prin- [Bb] temps [G]
Dans ta [C] veste de drap [C7] blanc
Il fait [F] froid comme en Bo- [C] hème
T'as le [F] coeur comme en ca- [C] rême
Et pour- [Bb] tant [G]
Chorus
L'impor- [F] tant c'est la [G] rose
L'impor- [Em] tant c'est la [Am] rose
L'impor- [Dm] tant c'est la [G] rose
Crois- [C] moi [G]
L'originale transpose un demi- ton plus haut
Toi pour [C] qui, donnant donnant [C7]
J'ai chan- [F] té ces quelques [C] lignes
Comme [F] pour te faire un [C] signe en pa- [Bb] ssant [G]
Dis à [C] ton tour mainte- [C7] nant
Que la [F] vie n'a d'impor- [C] tance
Que par [F] une fleur qui [C] danse
Sur le [Bb] temps [G]
Chorus
L'impor- [F] tant c'est la [G] rose
L'impor- [Em] tant c'est la [Am] rose
L'impor- [Dm] tant c'est la [G] rose
Crois- [C] moi [C7]
L'impor- [F] tant c'est la [G] rose
L'impor- [Em] tant c'est la [Am] rose
L'impor- [Dm] tant c'est la [G] rose
Crois- [C] moi [C↓]
#Play along with original in this key.
#Last Updated 6/18/19 JJ
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Lost Together
Blue Rodeo (Greg Keelor, 1992)





Down Strums with Accents
4/4 | d d D d d d D d |
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Intro
| [G] [D] | [Em] [D] |
| [G] [D] | [Em] |
| [G] Strange and [D] beautiful are the | [Em] stars to- [D] night |
| [G] That [D] dance around your | [Em] head |
| [G] In your [D] eyes I see that | [Em] perfect [D] world |
| [G] Hope that [D] doesn't sound too | [Em] weird |
Pre-Chorus
| [C] And I want all the | [D] world to know [G↓↓↓] |
| [C] ...That [D] your love's all I | [Em] need, all that I |
| [D] need [Dsus4] | [D]...
Chorus
...[Dsus4↓↓] And [D↓↓] if we're | [G] lost [D] |
| [Em] ...Then [C] we are lost to- | [D] gether [Dsus4] |
| [D] [Dsus4↓↓] Yeah [D↓↓] if we're | [G] lost [D] |
| [Em]... [C] We are lost to- | [D] gether [Dsus4] | [D] [Dsus4↓↓] [D↓↓] |
| [G] I stand be- [D] fore, this | [Em] faceless [D] crowd |
| [G] I wonder [D] why, I | [Em] bother |
| [G] So much con- [D] trolled | [Em] by so [D] few
Stumbling | [G] from one dis- [D] aster, to a- | [Em] nother |
Pre-Chorus
| [C] I've heard it all so many | [D] times before [G↓↓↓] |
| [C] ...It's all a [D] dream to me | [Em] now, a dream to me |
| [D] now... [Dsus4] | [D]...
Chorus
...[Dsus4↓↓] And [D↓↓] if we're | [G] lost [D] |
| [Em] ...Then [C] we are lost to- | [D] gether [Dsus4] |
| [D] [Dsus4↓↓] Yeah [D↓↓] if we're | [G] lost [D] |
| [Em]... [C] We are lost to- | [D] gether [Dsus4] | [D] [Dsus4↓↓] [D↓↓] |
Instrumental
| [C] | [D] [G↓↓↓] | [C] [D] | [Em] |
| [D] [Dsus4] | [D] [Dsus4↓↓] [D↓↓] |
| [G↓] ... | [G↓] In the [D↓] silence of this | [Em↓] whispered [D↓] night |
| [G↓] I listen [D↓] only to your | [Em↓] breath |
| [G↓] In that [D↓] second of a | [Em↓] shooting [D↓] star
Some- | [G↓] how it [D↓] all makes | [Em↓] sense |
Pre-Chorus
| [C] And I want all the | [D] world to know [G↓↓↓] |
| [C] ...That [D] your love's all I | [Em] need, all that I |
| [D] need [Dsus4] | [D]...
Chorus
...[Dsus4↓↓] And [D↓↓] if we're | [G] lost [D] |
| [Em] ...Then [C] we are lost to- | [D] gether [Dsus4] |
| [D] [Dsus4↓↓] Yeah [D↓↓] if we're | [G] lost [D] |
| [Em]... [C] We are lost to- | [D] gether [Dsus4] | [D] [Dsus4↓↓] [D↓↓] |
| [G] [D] | [Em] [D] |
| [G] [D] | [Em↓]
#Play along with original in this key.
#Last Updated 6/04/19 JJ
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Mrs. Robinson
Simon & Garfunkel (Paul Simon, 1968)









Swiss Army Strum
| d - D u - u d u |
1 2 & & 4 &
Intro
| [E7] | [E7] | [E7] | [E7] |
| [E7] | [E7] | [E7] | [E7] |
| [E7] De de de de | de de de de | de de de de | de | [E7] |
| [A7] Do do do do | do do do do | do | [A7] |
| [D] De de de de | [G] de de de de | [C] de de de de | [Am] de | [Am] |
| [E7] | [E7] | [D] | [D]
Chorus
And here's to | [G] you, Mrs. | [Em] Robinson |
| [G] Jesus loves you | [Em] more than you will | [C] know |
| [C] ...whoa whoa | [D] whoa | [D]
God bless you | [G] please, Mrs. | [Em] Robinson |
| [G] Heaven holds a | [Em] place for those who | [C] pray |
| [C] ...Hey hey | [Am] hey, | ... hey hey |
| [E7] hey | [E7] | [E7] | [E7]
We'd | [E7] like to know a | little bit a- | bout you for our | files | [E7]
We'd | [A7] like to help you | learn to help your- | self | [A7] |
| [D7] Look around you | [G] all you see are | [C] sympathetic | [Am] eyes | [Am] |
| [E7] Stroll a- | round the grounds un- | [D] til you feel at | home
Chorus
And here's to | [G] you, Mrs. | [Em] Robinson |
| [G] Jesus loves you | [Em] more than you will | [C] know |
| [C] ...whoa whoa | [D] whoa | [D]
God bless you | [G] please, Mrs. | [Em] Robinson |
| [G] Heaven holds a | [Em] place for those who | [C] pray |
| [C] ...Hey hey | [Am] hey, | ... hey hey |
| [E7] hey | [E7] | [E7] | [E7]
| [E7] Hide it in a | hiding place where | no one ever | goes | [E7] |
| [A] Put in your | pantry with your | cupcakes | [A] |
| [D7] It's a little | [G] secret just the | [C] Robinson's af- | [Am] fair | [Am] |
| [E7] Most of | all you've got to | hide it from the | [D] kids
Chorus
Koo koo ka- | [G] choo, Mrs. | [Em] Robinson |
| [G] Jesus loves you | [Em] more than you will | [C] know |
| ... whoa whoa | [D] whoa | [D]
God bless you | [G] please, Mrs. | [Em] Robinson |
| [G] Heaven holds a | [Em] place for those who | [C] pray |
| [C] ...Hey hey | [Am] hey, | ... hey hey |
| [E7] hey | [E7] | [E7] | [E7] |
| [E7] Sitting on a | sofa on a | Sunday after- | noon | [E7] |
| [A7] Going to a | candidates de- | bate | [A7] |
| [D7] Laugh about it | [G] shout about it | [C] when you've got to | [Am] choose | [Am] |
| [E7] Every way you | look at it you'll | [D] lose | [D]
Chorus
Where have you | [G] gone Joe Di- | [Em] Maggio
Our | [G] nation turns its | [Em] lonely eyes to | [C] you, |
| [C] ... woo woo | [D] woo | [D]
What's that you | [G] say Mrs. | [Em] Robinson |
| [G] Joltin' Joe has | [Em] left and gone a- | [C] way |
| [C] ... Hey hey | [Am] hey, | ...hey hey |
| [E7] hey | [E7] | [E7] | [E7] | [E7↓]
#Capo on 2nd fret to play with original.
#Last Updated 7/9/19 JJ
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The Rose
Bette Midler (Amanda McBroom, 1980)





Fingerpicking or
_|-M---M---M---M---| |-R-----R-----R-----R-----|
4|-I---I---I---I---| 12|---M-----M-----M-----M---|
4|---T---T---T---T-| 8|-----I-----I-----I-----I-|
-|-----------------| |-T-----T-----T-----T-----|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
Some say | [C] love it is a | [G7] river
That | [F] drowns the [G7↓] tender | [C] reed
Some say | [C] love it is a | [G7] razor
That | [F] leads your [G7↓] soul to | [C] bleed
Some say | [Em7] love it is a | [Am] hunger
An | [F] endless aching | [G7] need
I say | [C] love it is a | [G7] flower
And | [F] you [G7↓] its only | [C] seed | [C]
It's the | [C] heart afraid of | [G7] breaking
That | [F] never [G7↓] learns to | [C] dance
It's the | [C] dream afraid of | [G7] waking
That | [F] never [G7↓] takes a | [C] chance
It's the | [Em7] one who won't be | [Am] taken
Who | [F] cannot seem to | [G7] give
And the | [C] soul afraid of | [G7] dying
That | [F] never [G7↓] learns to | [C] live | [C]
When the | [C] night has been too | [G7] lonely
And the | [F] road has [G7↓] been too | [C] long
And you | [C] find that love is | [G7] only
For the | [F] lucky [G7↓] and the | [C] strong
Just re- | [Em7] member in the | [Am] winter
For be- | [F] neath the bitter | [G7] snow
Lies the | [C] seed that with the | [G7] sun's love
In the | [F] spring [G7↓] becomes the | [C] rose | [C] | [C] | [C↓]
#Play along in this key.
#Last Updated 11/27/18 JJ
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